South-east Asia

Asean’s top diplomats meet, voice ‘serious concern’ over Middle East hostilities

2026-07-21T09:57:42.000Z
Singapore-based fintech firms secured US$535 million in funding in H1 2026.

South-east Asia fintech funding dips to US$682 million in H1 2026: Tracxn report

2026-07-21T04:46:33.000Z
Dr Felix Brill, chief investment officer, VP Bank (left) and Professor Joseph Liow, dean of the NUS Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the bank’s H2 CIO Outlook.

Singapore has no choice but to double down on trusted-hub status amid US-China friction: NUS dean

2026-07-20T06:19:36.000Z
Malaysia’s economy grew at 5.6% for H1 2026, as compared to 4.5% in the same period in 2025, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia.

Malaysia’s Q2 growth unexpectedly surges to 5.8% on exports

2026-07-17T13:26:53.000Z
On top of that, sellers are spending more on advertising, logistics, returns, affiliate commissions, and platform campaign incentives.

Rising fees are changing the role of South-east Asia’s e-commerce enablers

2026-07-17T10:37:19.000Z
China’s burgeoning exports and trade surplus in the 2020s have been dubbed the “second China shock”.

Should South-east Asia fear the second ‘China shock’?

2026-07-14T03:40:36.000Z
The listings in Malaysia raised US$1.3 billion, while those in Singapore raised US$868 million.

Malaysia tops South-east Asia’s IPO market in first half of 2026, Singapore comes in second

2026-07-14T00:19:12.000Z
In the Philippines, households and businesses have embraced green alternatives, and created a welcome boon for Beijing’s solar producers in the process.

China is supercharging a rooftop solar boom in the Philippines

2026-07-13T03:20:03.000Z
PTT said that the US is just one of the countries where it is looking for opportunities to expand its LNG portfolio.

Thailand looks to invest in US LNG projects to secure supply

2026-06-30T07:08:17.000Z
The Iran war has pushed inflation in the Philippines to one of the hottest in Asia and curbed household spending.

Philippines sees slower growth, weak peso beyond end of Marcos’ term in 2028

2026-06-29T02:39:57.000Z